To his credit, Josh Eilert is not changing his message, not even after watching West Virginia fall to St. John’s 79-73 on Friday night in the annual Big East-Big 12 Battle.That message is simple: Keep fighting, keep battling, keep improving.“We have challenges,” Eilert said. “We’re ...
MORGANTOWN — If the game plays out like Josh Eilert expects, there will be some good and bad news today for WVU center Jesse Edwards when the Mountaineers host St. John’s. The good news: Edwards — the Mountaineers’ imposing man in the middle standing 6-foot-11 and 240 pounds — ...
MORGANTOWN — It would be easy to say Quinn Slazinski is playing with a chip on his shoulder, yet that doesn’t quite cover it all. The way the WVU senior forward sees his situation this season, it’s more than just simply trying to prove something to himself, another coach or to, well, ...
MORGANTOWN -- The good news: West Virginia ended a two-game skid Sunday night with a 62-58 win against Bellarmine inside the Coliseum. The not so good news: The Mountaineers showed little life and came away with few answers to what’s been troubling them. “We wanted a little more,” ...
MORGANTOWN -- Before the headlines rolled this college football season about the possible injustice done to James Madison, there was Bellarmine University. The Knights — a little school with an enrollment under 4,000 from Louisville, Ky. — knows all about the NCAA’s transition ...
MORGANTOWN -- The afternoon gathering came at Suburban Lanes in Morgantown, and what was a day of giving thanks also turned into a much needed day of rest and getting away from reality for a while for the WVU men’s basketball team. Players slept in after returning from Fort Myers, Fla. ...